Dear Parents and Caregivers,

It was great to be part of Pride Week at school this week as we embrace and celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. The week is about visibility and saying as a school that we want to consciously step into this space and recognise the rights of all LGBTQ+ in our community. We want to do all we can to ensure KGV is a place of safety and welcome. Our students celebrated with a range of activities, and the week was a powerful example of what we stand for as a school and how we strive to fulfil our vision to make sure that all students feel safe, heard, known and have a sense of belonging.

We are pleased to announce that we are holding a Carol Concert at 6 pm on December 8. A range of other activities will run from 4.30 pm this afternoon/evening. Please pencil this in, and we look forward to having parents and friends on Campus for our Christmas Carol concert.

 We look forward to the upcoming Learning Reviews, which start next Wednesday. Students will be set detailed work to complete for each subject across the day. It is important that students attend the meetings where possible, and they can join the meetings from home from their devices. A reminder that the Learning Review appointment system will close on Monday, ahead of Wednesday’s Learning Review. It will re-open again on Thursday. Parents can then make any remaining bookings for 1st and 6th December.

Have a good weekend. 

Mark Blackshaw

Principal, KGV School

The first day of learning reviews takes place on Wednesday. Work will be sent for your child to complete independently that day. Please talk to your child ahead of these meetings and look through their recent results and work to prepare any questions for the 10-minute meeting.

1:1 conversations between students and their tutors are ongoing. This is where tutors will check that your child is feeling good about their time at school, their progress, and if there is any support or help, they would like.

Next week will be house assemblies where Colours awards are given to students who have made considerable commitments to co-curricular activities.

The first day of learning reviews takes place on Wednesday. Work will be sent for your child to complete independently that day. Please talk to your child ahead of these meetings and look through their recent results and work to prepare any questions for the 10-minute meeting.

Options talks for students continue next week. Students can talk to the teachers about subjects they are considering for Year 12. The options system is open for students to record their preliminary course requests now, with a deadline at the end of November. These option choices are preliminary only and students will be asked to review and finalise them in February.

Next week will be house assemblies where Colours awards are given to students who have made considerable commitments to co-curricular activities.

We look forward to our House Assemblies next week, whereby our Colours awards are given to students who have made considerable commitments to co-curricular activities.

Our Senior School tutors have started their 1-1 meetings with your child. In these conversations, your child’s tutor will seek to understand your child's situation, progress and experience. Our tutors are trying to guide and support your child to help them meet their goals over the course of Year 12 and 13.

We would like to remind all students and parents that our Winter Uniform officially began this week and ties are available to purchase from our office.

Colleagues look forward to engaging with our parents during our first Learning Review Day next Wednesday, 23 November. Work will be set for each student to complete independently that day.

Wishing you a great weekend.

We look forward to our House Assemblies next week, whereby our Colours awards are given to students who have made considerable commitments to co-curricular activities.

Our Senior School tutors have started their 1-1 meetings with your child. In these conversations, the tutor will seek to understand your child's situation, progress and experience. Our tutors are trying to guide and support our students to help them meet their goals over the course of Year 13.

We would like to remind all students and parents that our Winter Uniform officially began this week and ties are available to purchase from our office.

Colleagues look forward to engaging with our parents during our first Learning Review Day next Wednesday, 23 November. Work will be set for each student to complete independently that day.

Wishing you a great weekend.

Congratulations to our two U14 Volleyball Teams who recently competed in the ISSFHK competition. The U14 Boys finished round robin top of the table but unfortunately went down in the final to finish 2nd. The U14 Girls Team finished top of the table and won the final, so are the U14 Girls Volleyball Champions! Well done to all those involved. 

Congratulations also to our Year 8 & 9 Assembly performers this week. Chesney Yim (09R06) performed a Solo Vocal ‘You’re on your own, kid’ by Taylor Swift. Marcus Chan (08N06) performed two Piano pieces, ‘Baroque and Roll’ and ‘Hoedown’, by Alan Haughton. 

Hopefully, you have all had an opportunity to sign up for the Learning Reviews. School will be closed for students on Wednesday 23rd November and Thursday 1st December. Students will be set independent work to complete at home on these days. Your child is strongly encouraged to attend each online Learning Review session with you and their teacher.  

Sports Day will take place on Monday 28th November. Year 8 will be based at KGV. More details will be shared with students next week. School buses will run to and from KGV as normal on Monday. Please note that ALL students will need to bring snacks, a packed lunch and something to drink as there is no school canteen available this day. 

A friendly Uniform reminder that as part of the winter uniform, students are required to wear ties to school.  

Please note that we distributed more RAT kits to students in our Year 8 & 9 Assembly this week.

Wishing you a great weekend.

Over two hundred parents attended the Year 9 Options Information Session on Wednesday afternoon. All the information is available on the Lionel options information page here. A quick link to the recorded video is here. A reminder that the students' preliminary options deadline is Friday, 25 November. 

Congratulations to our two U14 Volleyball Teams who recently competed in the ISSFHK competition. The U14 Boys finished round robin top of the table but unfortunately went down in the final to finish 2nd. The U14 Girls Team finished top of the table and won the final, so are the U14 Girls Volleyball Champions! Well done to all those involved. 

Congratulations to our Year 8 & 9 Assembly performers this week. Chesney Yim (09R06) performed a Solo Vocal ‘You’re on your own, kid’ by Taylor Swift. Marcus Chan (08N06) performed two Piano pieces, ‘Baroque and Roll’ and ‘Hoedown’, by Alan Haughton. 

Hopefully, you have all had an opportunity to sign up for the Learning Reviews. School will be closed for students on Wednesday 23rd November and Thursday 1st December. Students will be set independent work to complete at home on these days. Your child is strongly encouraged to attend each online Learning Review session with you and their teacher.  

Sports Day will take place on Monday 28th November. Year 9 will be at Kowloon Tsai Sports Ground. More details will be shared with students next week. School buses will run to and from KGV as normal. Teachers will assist students in making their way to and from Kowloon Tsai if they are catching a school bus. Please note that ALL students will need to bring snacks, a packed lunch and something to drink as there is no school canteen available on this day. 

A friendly Uniform reminder that as part of the winter uniform, students are required to wear ties to school.  

Please note that we distributed more RAT kits to students in our Year 8 & 9 Assembly this week.

Wishing you a great weekend.

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

This week, we have been celebrating Pride Week. This week is organised by our Gender, Sexuality Alliance (GSA) and asks our community to spend a week thinking about others and promoting tolerance, empathy and self-acceptance. Students have had the opportunity to watch movies, buy merchandise and watch today’s celebration lunchtime event.

We have also spent time this week preparing students for next week’s Learning Review. Year 7 students have been given question prompts to use in the meetings with teachers and their parents. We want students to advocate for themselves and strive to improve continually. Recognising we are all imperfect, we have asked  students to use the question “how can I improve?” At KGV,  we recognise that this improvement is not just down to students but also the support and intervention from teachers. Students will also ask  their teachers “what  can you do to help me improve.” This partnership and joint commitment are fundamental to student success.  Following the Learning Reviews,  tutors will sit down with students and go through the notes they have been asked to make in their journals. Tutors will help students narrow their goals and set SMART targets.

Parents in Nightingale and Upsdell will have received an email from Carole Beer yesterday outlining the plans in place to make up for the missed activities on Challenge Week. Rowell and Crozier students all managed to complete the kite-making and coasteering activities. Nightingale and Upsdell students will do these activities on 15th December. Parents of Nightingale and Upsdell students, please check your emails.

A reminder that the Learning Review appointment system will close on Monday, ahead of Wednesday’s Learning Review. It will re-open again on Thursday. Parents can then make any remaining bookings for 1st and 6th December. 

Students will work from home on Wednesday, 23 November, with work set on Google Classroom. School buses have been informed.

Advance notice for 8th December. This is our Carol Concert event, which this year starts at 4.30 pm and runs through to 7 pm. Whilst the Carol Concert starts at 6 pm. We invite parents and caregivers into school from 4.30 pm to experience a range of musical, arts, performance, sporting, DT and ICT activities. Please see the item in this bulletin for more information and the opportunity to sign up to attend.

Have a great weekend.

Our email address: careers.office@kgv.edu.hk.

KGV Careers Website is another platform where we share information and resources on higher education, scholarship, external events, enrichment programmes and many more.

Year 13

• 1-1 H.E. meetings. Most of our Year 13 students should have met with their HE Counsellors to discuss their post-KGV moves. If they haven’t done so, they should get in touch with the Careers Team at the soonest.
• Close communication with HE Counsellors. Apart from keeping to internal deadlines, students should work closely with their HE Counsellors and keeping informed of their HE applications. Any missed communication may delay providing necessary support for applications, which may result in missed offers.
• Student official full names are used on school transcripts. We would like to ask parents to check that their children’s official full name in school record matches that on their identity documents. This is especially so when students are known in school by their preferred names, which may not be their official names. Unmatched names may cause difficulties with university offers.
• Google Classroom. All resources for Y13 higher education applications are available via Google Classroom, including internal deadlines.
• Application Status & Offers. The Careers Team is busy processing applications for our Y13s.  Students should have regular communications with their HE Counsellors on their application status.

University Events on the KGV Careers Calendar

Highlight of upcoming events:

ESF University Fair 2023 (more details will be available closer to event dates)
2 Feb: ESF University Fair: Europe
9 Feb: ESF University Fair: Asia/Australia/New Zealand
16 Feb: ESF University Fair: North America

Events for ESF Students:
28 Nov: Singapore University of Science & Technology Info Session
28 Nov: Kyushu University & APU Info Session
30 Nov: Singapore Management University

Hong Kong
18 Nov: HKUST Live Admissions Consultation
25 Nov: Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education Info Day
26 Nov: HK Outstanding Students’ Association: DSE/IB Study Talk

U.K.
Nov, various dates: Cambridge Applicant Webinar Series
Nov, various dates: U of Bath webinars
19 Nov: UAL Art & Design Portfolio Workshops @ HK
1 Dec: LSE Discovery Sessions - Undergraduate

Europe
24 Nov: Bocconi University Open Classes for High School Students

Australia
Nov: Charles Darwin University: various webinars

Singapore
21 Nov: NUS Info Sharing & Q&A

Japan
1-2 Dec Japan Consortium Study in Japan Fair & Virtual Fair

KGV Careers Team

This week, we'd like to share some of the data on Family Support from our Student Wellbeing Survey.

In the well-being survey, we asked four questions about “Family Support for Learning” and the results show an overwhelmingly positive perception of family support for students at KGV (see graphs below)). So well done KGV parents and thank you for everything you do to support your children (our students). We know it’s the hardest job in the world!

To thank you for your effort and support you on your parenting journeys, we’d like to share this podcast with you, by The Happiness Lab (with Dr Laurie Santos from Yale University), from the series “Happier Parents, Happier Kids”. This is part 2, focusing on the valuable experience of failing. This link is for Spotify, but you can listen to any podcast provider. These episodes can also be found on YouTube. Enjoy!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2h6RAudkJDRU63hDCEAxsj?si=ce74_-EIT4aAvZdCzgOcFw

The KGV Student Wellbeing Team

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be holding our Learning Reviews. If you require an interpreter to help you access the meetings with our teachers, please email Carole Beer (carole.beer@kgv.edu.hk). Please provide us details around which language you speak and we will endeavour to match you up with one of our school interpreters.

앞으로 몇 주 동안 저희는 과목 선생님들과의 학습 상담을 진행하려 합니다. 선생님들과의 상담에 통역사가 필요하시면 캐롤 (carole.beer@kgv.edu.hk) 선생님께 이메일을 보내주시기 바랍니다. 부모님들께서 사용하시는 언어를 알려주시면 학교 통역사와 연결될 수 있도록 하겠습니다. 감사합니다.

在接下来的几周里，我们将举办家长会。如果您需要一名翻译来帮助您与老师之间的沟通，请发送电子邮件至Carole Beer (carole.beer@kgv.edu.hk) ，提供您使用哪种语言。我们会尽力给您安排一位学校翻译。"

来週から数週間にわたって、ラーニング レビューを開催します。教師とのミーティングに通訳が必要な方は、学校の通訳者を手配できるよう努めますので、使用言語の詳細をCarole Beer (carole.beer@kgv.edu.hk) までメールにてご連絡ください。

अगले कुछ हफ्तों में, हम शिक्षक अपने छात्रों के लिए एक सीखने की समीक्षा आयोजित करेंगे। यदि आपको बैठकों में आपकी मदद करने के लिए एक दुभाषिया की आवश्यकता है, तो कृपया कैरोल बीयर (carole.beer@kgv.edu.hk) ईमेल करें। कृपया हमें इस बारे में विवरण प्रदान करें कि आप कौन सी भाषा बोलते हैं और हम आपको अपने स्कूल के दुभाषियों में से एक के साथ मिलान करने के लिए तैयार हैं।

Congratulations to Kano Yuta (Year 9), who won the championship in the teenager category of the First Kendo Kihonwaza Competition of Hong Kong with his partner. 

Congratulations to Kasper

Kasper Wu (Year 9) was awarded his Second-Class Honours in the International Junior Science Olympiad- Hong Kong screening 2023. We are proud of Kasper.

Congratulations to Ansuhri

Anushri Gupta's (Year 10) 's mixed media artwork was selected for the Watermark exhibition. Well done to our talented artist.

Dear Parents and Teachers,

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the King George V School Parents Teachers Students Association Limited (Company no: 1258660) will be held on:

Monday, 12 December 2022 at 6.00 p.m.

at LRC2, KGV School, 2 Tin Kwong Road, Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Agenda

1. Approval of the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 18 November 2021;

2. Approval of the Minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 7 June 2022;

3. Chairman’s Report

4. Principal’s Report

5. Student Committee Members’ Report

6. Presentation of the PTSA Accounts and Auditors Report for 2021-2022

7. Appointment of auditors for 2022-23

8. Election of Committee members;

9. Special Resolution regarding change to legal status of KGV PTSA

To view the audited Report and Accounts for 2021-2022, please click here. To view the Minutes of the 2021 AGM, click here. To view the Minutes for the 2022 EGM click here. 

This year, in addition to the usual business of the AGM, we are asking our members to consider a Special Resolution relating to the deregistration of the PTSA limited company. Please review the following documents carefully.

·       Formal Notification of the AGM, incl. Special Resolution to be passed

·       KGV PTSA – Transition from a limited company to an Association

If you have any questions regarding the transition, the resolutions or any other matter relating to the proposed changes, please email ptsa@kgv.edu.hk

As members of the PTSA, all parents and teachers are invited to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting. Please register your attendance in advance by emailing ptsa@kgv.edu.hk or calling 2760 6660.

To nominate for the PTSA Committee please complete the Nomination Form here and email to the PTSA (ptsa@kgv.edu.hk) no later than 6.00 p.m., Wed, 7 December 2022.

If you would like an item to be included on the Agenda, please email the PTSA no later than 6.00 p.m. on Monday, 5 December 2022.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the AGM.

Purvi Shah                                                               Mark Blackshaw

Chair                                                                         Principal

KGV School PTSA                                                    King George V School  

ESF Sports & Language - Winter Camp

19 December 2022 - 6 January 2023

This winter break, let ESF Sports & Language take your children on a Winter Wonderland adventure! Explore this special time of the year and journey through a variety of programmes and workshops for many fun-filled days together! Taught by a team of experienced and qualified educators, students will be immersed in an environment where they will build confidence and a passion for learning through different sports, arts, STEM or language activities.

This an ideal opportunity for your children to find new hobbies or enhance their knowledge and most importantly, have fun!

For sports enthusiasts, we have Rugby, Hockey, Lacrosse, Krav Maga and more; For language lovers, we offer Panto Performance, Secondary Debate, Coding and more!

Online Coding classes are available!

Course Listing (Kowloon District): HERE

Hotline: 2711 1280

Email: info@esf.org.hk

Sodexo Menu 21-25 Nov